4-(4)-biphenylyl)-1-butanol

ABSTRACT

THE COMPOUND 4-(4&#39;&#39;BIPHENYLYL)-1-BUTANOL OF THE FORMULA   4-(HO-(CH2)4-)BIPHENYL   WHICH IS USEFUL AS AN ANTIPHLOGISTIC.

US. Cl. 260-618 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The compound 4-(4-biphenylyl)-1-butanol of the formula @Q-om-om-om-cm-on which is useful as an antiphlogistic.

This invention relates to the novel compound 4-(4-biphenylyl)-l-butanol and to a method of preparing it.

More particularly, the present invention relates to the novel compound of the formula --om-cmom-cm-on (I) The novel compound may be prepared by reducing 4- (4'-biphenylyl)-butyric acid of the formula H CH COOH with a complex hydride, preferably with lithium aluminum hydride, in the presence of a solvent medium, such as tetrahydrofuran, ether, dioxane, dimethoxy-ethane, diethyleneglycol dimethyl ether, benzene or mixtures of any two or more of these, preferably at room temperature or at a temperature up to the boiling point of the particular solvent medium which is used.

The starting compound, 4-(4'-biphenylyl)-butyric acid, is a known compound and may itself be prepared, for instance, by catalytic hydrogenation of 4- (4'-biphenylyl)-4- oxo-butyric acid in a polar solvent, such as glacial acetic acid, in the presence of a strong acid, such as perchloric acid, at a temperature between and 50 C. and a hydrogen pressure of 1 to 5 atmospheres with palladized barium sulfate or palladized charcoal as the catalyst (cf. also German Offenlegungsschrift 2,112,840). 4-(4'-biphenylyl)-4-oxo-butyric acid, in turn, may be obtained by reacting biphenyl with succinic acid anhydride in the presence of a Lewis acid, such as anhydrous aluminum chloride, in a solvent medium, such as nitrobenzene or methylene chloride, at a temperature between 0 and 80 C.

The following example further illustrates the present invention and will enable others skilled in the art to understand it more completely.

EXAMPLE 1 1.13 gm. (0.03 mol) of lithium aluminum hydride were gradually added to a solution of 7.21 gm. (0.03 mol) of 4-(4'-biphenylyl)-butyric acid (M.P. 118-119 C.) in 100 ml. of absolute tetrahydrofuran, accompanied by stirring, and the resulting mixture was refluxed for four hours. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was allowed to cool and was then poured into ice water, the aqueous mixture was United States Patent 0 "ice acidified with aqueous 50% sulfuric acid, and the acidic mixture was extracted with ether. The ethereal extract solution was washed with aqueous sodium bicarbonate and water, dried and freed from solvent by evaporation. The residue was distilled in vacuo, yielding 6.1 gm. of theory) of 4-(4'-biphenylyl)-1-butanol with a boiling point of 147-148 C. at 0.1 mm. Hg which, after crystallization from petroleum ether, had a melting point of 75-76 C -4- (4'-biphenylyl)-1-butanol has useful pharmacodynamic properties. More particularly, the compound of the present invention exhibits very effective antiphlogistic activity in warm-blooded animals, such as rats.

The compound was tested for its anti-exudative effects on the kaolin edema and carrageenin edema of the hind paws of the rat, for its ulcerogenicity and for its acute toxicity by oral administration to rats in comparison with phenylbutazone.

The kaolin edema was induced according to the method of Hillebrecht [Arzneimittel-Forsch. 4, 607 (1954)] by subplantary injection of 0.05 ml. of a 10% suspension of kaolin in an 0.85% sodium chloride solution. The measurement of the thickness of the paws was done by using the technique of Doepfner and Cerletti (Int. Arch. Allergy. Immunol. 12, 89 (1958)).

Male FW 49-rats of an average weight of -150 gm. were orally treated with the test compounds 30 minutes before inducement of the edema with the air of an esophageal tube. Five hours after the provocation of the edema the averaged values of the swelling caused in the paws of the rats treated with the test compounds Were compared with those values measured on blind-treated control animals. By graphic extrapolation the dose leading to a 35% reduction of the swelling (ED was calculated from the present reduction values measured by administration of different doses.

The provocation of the carrageenin edema was effected according to the method of Winter et al. [Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. Med. 111, 544 1962)] by subplantary injection of 0.05 ml. of a 1% solution of carrageenin in a 0.85% solution of sodium chloride. The test compounds were orally administered 60 minutes before the provocation of the edema.

For the calculation of the reductive effect on the edema the values measured three hours after the provocation of the edema were used. All the other details were the same as described above in the case of the kaolin edema.

The tests for ulcerogenic activity were effected on FW 49-rats of both sexes (ratio 1:1) having a body weight of to 150 gm. The animals were given the test substances on three subsequent days, once each day, as a trituration in tylose by way of an esophageal tube.

The animals were killed four hours after the last administration; the stomach and duodenal mucosa were investigated for ulcers.

From the percentage of animals showing ulcers after administration of different doses, the ED -value was calculated according to the method of Litchfield and Wilcoxon [J. Pharmacol. exp. Therap. 96, 99 (1949)].

After oral administration to male and female FW 49- rats (ratio 1:1) having an average body weight of gm., the acute toxicity (LD was determined. The substances were administered orally as a trituration in tylose.

The calculation of the LD -values was effected, as far as possible, according to the method of Litchfield and Wilcoxon, based on the percentage of animals which died within 14 days after administration of the different doses.

The therapeutic indices, as a measure for the therapeutic usefulness, were calculated by forming the quotient of the ED -value for the ulcerogenicity or of the LD value and the ED -value derived from the tests for antiexudative activity against the kaolin and carrageenin edema.

The compound of the present invention surpasses the known compound, phenylbutazone, in its antiphlogistic activity (see Table I). In comparison with phenylbutazone it possesses a lower toxicity and exerts a less impairing effect on the mucosa of the stomach.

The resulting substantially more favorable therapeutic indices (see Table II) point to a significantly better therapeutic usefulness as compared with phenylbutazone, which is known to be compatible with the stomach only on a very limited scale.

Preparation: The butanol compound and the corn starch are intimately admixed with each other, the mixture is granulated with an aqueous 14% solution of the polyvinylpyrrolidone through a 1.5 mm.-mesh screen, the granulate is dried at 45 C. and again passed through the screen, the dry granulate is admixed with the magnesium stearate, and the composition is compressed into 210 mgm.-tablets in a conventional tablet making machine. Each tablet contains 100 mgm. of the butanol compound and is an oral dosage unit composition with effective antiphlogistic action.

TABLE I Acute toxicity in Ulcerogenicity in Oarrageethe rat LDso per es the rat EDsu Der os Kaolin nin edema edema Confidence Confidence E1335 35 limits per s, per 05, Mg./ Compound mglkg. mg./kg. kg. probability) kg. probability PhenylbutaZone 58 69 864 793942 106 82-138 4-(4-biphenylyl) -1-butanol 9. 6 9. 8 830 703-974 48. 3 46. 2-55. 3

TABLE II Therapeutic index Ratio of Ratio of ulcer- Antl- Ulcertoxic and ogenic exudative Acute ogenic antiand antiefiect toxicity effect exudative exndative as, LDso, EDso, e ect, efieet, Compound ing/kg. mgJkg. ing/kg. LDn EDas EDm/ED Phenylbutazone 63. 5 854 106 13. 6 1. 7 4-(4-biphenylyl)-1-butanol 9. 7 830 48. 3 85.5 4. 99

1 Arithmetically averaged value from ED kaolin edema and ED carragcenin edema.

For pharmaceutical purposes the compound according EXAMPLE 3 to the present invention is administered to warm-blooded animals perorally or parenterally as the active ingredient in customary dosage unit compositions, that is, compositions in dosage unit form consisting essentially of an inert pharmaceutical carrier and one effective dosage unit of the active ingredient, such as tablets, coated pills, capsules, wafers, powders, solutions, suspensions, emulsions, syrups, suppositories and the like. One effective antiphlogistic dosage unit of the compound according to the present invention is from 0.16 to 3.34 mgm./kg. body weight, preferably 0.83 to 2.5 mgm/kg. body weight. The daily dose rate is from 0.83 to 8.3 mgm./ kg. body weight, preferably 1.17 to 5.0 mgm./kg. body weight.

The following examples illustrate a few pharmaceutical dosage unit compositions comprising the compound of the present invention as an active ingredient and represent the best modes contemplated of putting the invention into practical use. The parts are parts by weight unless otherwise specified.

EXAMPLE 2 Tablets The tablet composition is compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts 4-(4-biphenylyl)-1-butanol 100.0 Corn starch 97.0 Polyvinylpyrrolidone 10.0 Magnesium stearate 3.0

Total 210.0

Coated pills The pill core composition is compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts 4-(4'biphenylyl)-1-butanol 100.0 Corn starch 70.0 Gelatin 8.0

Talcum 18.0

Magnesium stearate 4.0

Total 200.0

Preparation: The butanol compound and the corn starch are intimately admixed with each other, the mixture is granulated with an aqueous 10% solution of the gelatin through a 1.5 mm.-mesh screen, the granulate is dried at 45 C. and again passed through the screen, the dry granulate is admixed with the talcum and the magnesium stearate, and the composition is compressed into 200 mgm.-pill cores which are subsequently coated with a thin shell consisting essentially of a mixture of sugar and talcum and finally polished with beeswax. Each coated pill contains mgm. of the butanol compound and is an oral dosage unit composition with effective antiphlogistic action.

EXAMPLE 4 Gelatin capsules Parts 4-(4-biphenylyl)-l-butanol 100.0 Corn starch 190.0 Colloidal silicic acid 6.0 Magnesium stearate 4.0

Total 300.0

Preparation: The ingredients are intimately admixed with each other, and 300 mgm.-portions of the mixture are filled into No. 4 gelatin capsules. Each capsule contains 100 mgm. of the butanol compound and is an oral dosage unit composition with effective antiphlogistic action.

EXAMPLE 5 Suppositories The suppository composition is compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts 4-(4-biphenylyl)-l-butanol 200.0 Suppository base (e.g. cocoa butter) 1450.0

Total 1650.0

EXAMPLE 6 Suspension The suspension is compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts by vol. 4-(4'-biphenylyl)-l-butanol 2.0 Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DONSS) 0.02 Benzoic acid 0.1 Sodium cyclamate 0.2 Colloidal silicic acid 1.0 Polyvinylpyrrolidone 0. 1 Glycerin 25.0 Flavoring 0.1

Distilled water, (1.5. ad 100.0

Preparation: The DONSS, the benzoic acid, the sodium cyclamate and the polyvinylpyrrolidone are successively dissolved in a suflicient amount of distilled water at C., and the glycerin and colloidal silicic acid are added to the solution. The mixture is cooled to room temperature, the finely pulverized butanol compound is suspended therein by means of an immersion homogenizer, the flavoring is added, and the composition is diluted with additional distilled Water to the indicated volume. 5 ml. of the resulting aqueous suspension contain mgm. of the butanol compound and are an oral dosage unit composition with effective antiphlogistic action.

Analogous results are obtained when the amount of active ingredient in illustrative Examples 2 to 6 is varied within the dosage unit range set forth above; likewise, the amounts may be varied to meet particular requirements.

We claim:

1. 4-'(4-biphenylyl)-l-butanol.

References Cited Dice et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 72, pp. 1738-40 (1950). Huber et al., J. Am. Chem Soc, 68, pp. 1709-12 (1946).

BERNARD HELP-IN, Primary Examiner D. B. SPRINGER, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 424343 

